BRUNSWICK

Police in Brunswick, Maine, are investigating an unusually weighty case. A local woman, Liz Croston, says she is missing a 150-pound concrete elephant that she and police believe was stolen off her stoop in broad daylight. The statue is one of a pair — a female elephant without tusks that matches a male with tusks. The two concrete creatures sit…

After 18 years of proudly hoisting the Stars and Stripes every Tuesday, three Maine women have ended their flag-waving tradition that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Several hundred people joined Elaine Greene, Joann Miller and Carmen Foote on Wednesday to support the trio known as the “Freeport flag ladies.”

Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a Georgia port. All four were described as alert and in relatively good condition and were taken to a hospital for further evaluation. “Best day...

Cape Air will soon begin offering year-round service between Boston’s Logan International Airport and Portland International Jetport. The Massachusetts-based airline announced Tuesday it will be offering four daily round-trip flights in mid-September.

A fisherman in a quiet, coastal Maine community recently made an explosive discovery. Investigators say the fisherman caught a military ballistic projectile in his gear, brought it on board, and left it on the Bailey Island Lobster Wharf in Harpswell for 24 hours. According to authorities, the owner of the wharf discovered the device that read “live ammunition” and called 911.

More trains from Boston are coming to the towns of Freeport and Brunswick in Maine. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which manages Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger rail service from Boston to Maine, says the new train service will begin on Nov. 12.